Uncover how a consistent dairy routine rebuilds mineral density and acts as a biological shield against the silent threat of ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) causes dysfunction of muscle cells that help move blood through the circulatory system, a ...

Cytokinetics is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company targeting muscle function. Its stock has gained almost 30% this year, ...

What if living muscle could power machines with the same force and precision as engineered actuators? Engineers at MIT have made an advance toward that dream reality by fabricating artificial tendons ...

Muscle relaxers help reduce muscle stiffness and pain from conditions like cerebral palsy and lower back pain. There are two main types of muscle relaxers: antispastics and antispasmodics. Muscle ...

Scientists discover that muscles repair themselves by moving thousands of internal nuclei, a rapid process that is key after ...

Cancer patients often lose excessive amounts of weight. This affects up to 80% of patients and is mainly due to a decrease in ...

Biohybrid robots that run on real muscle are shifting from science fiction toward workable machines. In labs around the world, engineers have built tiny walkers, swimmers and gripping devices powered ...

The mechanism of skeletal muscle contraction is a process that relies on calcium signaling. However, the physiological role of calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) through the ryanodine receptor ...

aDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, China bInstitute of Brain and Cognitive ...

For years, the body’s largest lean tissue—skeletal muscle—has been underestimated in its role in managing metabolic health. Despite its size, it contributes surprisingly little to blood sugar and fat ...